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Ting Cauldrons with Single Handle

These single-handled small cauldrons are vessels for drawing and pouring hot water, which can also be used to add heat. Along with a Ting Cauldron (warming cauldron), these smaller cauldrons have been unearthed from a sacrificial pit. The necks are narrow and the bodies are in the shape of a jar. A single handle is positioned on the side of each cauldron. Their capacities are 2,860 ml and 2,420 ml, respectively. This kind of single-handled small cauldron is remarkably rare as researchers have only discovered two others: one from sacrificial pit M1380 Hsi-pei-kang and another from sacrificial pit M229 located in the northern section of Wuguancun, all of which are Shang vessels for heating water.  
Item No.
R001110, R001111
Period
Late 14th-mid 11th century B.C.
Dimensions
Height 19.5, diameter of mouth 15.9-16.7 cm. ; Height 20.5, diameter of mouth 18.1-18.3 cm.
Excavated/Findspot
Sacrificial Pit M1435, Hsi -pei-kang, Anyang, Honan
Materials
Brozne

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